A bestiary comprising of troubling beasts

A bestiary comprising of troubling beasts

bernarddamerval

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Last published Wed, Nov 30, 2016

beasts dragons knights medieval

These beasts trouble the land with their terr'bleness. Five hundred gold coins shalt be awarded to any who slay these foul beasts.

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